Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a592c8ad6e7d4ff1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.3 KB Created: 2021-05-12 01:08:55 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 9d647c499d98b946a3e5bb2c084d2d03 SHA-1: 722a0ef99d09ebbb802dd827ac59f3d1e7eedc88 SHA-256: a592c8ad6e7d4ff19147bc722f68a7ce14a31923bd8f32ce501a343361120cbe
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many of which point to external PDF files hosted on gzvisiontech.com, forming a link farm. One critical link redirects to netcdn.xyz, identified as malicious infrastructure. The document's content and structure suggest a lure for users seeking game hacks or generators, likely leading to further malicious content or potentially unwanted applications.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 5

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector critical PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE
    PDF's clickable action targets a redirector of the form /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack — the landing-page shape of a large SEO 'free spins / generator / game hack' lure family that funnels victims through rotating disposable hosts to a malware/scam payload. The multi-link variants also trip ML/link-farm rules; this catches the single-link variants that otherwise score clean. CRITICAL on its own: the /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack path shape is unambiguous scam infra, and the host rotates so a host-list match can't be relied on.
  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/hacks-para-coin-master-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/worst-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/haktuts-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/get-me-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-hack-into-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-not-banned-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-daily-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spin-link-today-50_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spin-facebook-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/play-roblox-free-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-many-levels-are-there-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/minecraft-free-edition_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-unlimited-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-get-1-million-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-spins-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-tiradas-gratis-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/minecraft-tower-defense-2-hacked_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004bf0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4BF0 24912 bytes
SHA-256: dadb7555283559b7cff118852df531633014b26d6b3c8006206e34f5769da53a
font_01_sfnt_off0000846b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x846B 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 72462ec470aac4fa181dd5dd3dba0b6a011fc2cd97c76089cd2cdb7ed4381752